Dairy Farms & Creameries in Connecticut

Arethusa Farm Dairy

Arethusa Farm Dairy has milked its own herd of more than 300 cows at 822 Bantam Road in Bantam, Connecticut, since 1999, bottling milk and making ice cream, cheese, butter, and yogurt on-site. The farm also runs Arethusa al tavolo, a dairy-to-table restaurant, and Arethusa a mano, a bakery cafe.

Chaseholm Farm Creamery

Chaseholm Farm Creamery is a third-generation grass-fed dairy on Chase Road in Pine Plains, New York, run by siblings Sarah and Rory Chase. The farm makes farmstead cheese and raw milk from intensively grazed cows and raises heritage-breed hogs, selling from its own farm store Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and through the HolmGoods CSA at ten Hudson Valley pickup sites.

Creamery Brook Bison

Brooklyn, CT

Creamery Brook Bison raises pasture-raised bison on its Brooklyn farm and sells the meat by the cut or in seasonal bundles from an on-site store. A 40-minute wagon ride takes visitors out through the pasture to see the herd, and the farm store also stocks a small gift shop. Store hours run Thursday and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings, with tours available by appointment.

Millbrook Beef & Dairy

Millbrook Beef & Dairy, run by the Donovan family on Shunpike Road in Millbrook, New York, raises pasture-fed cattle for beef and dairy with no antibiotics, steroids, or hormones. The farm store opens Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the family also sells Saturdays at the Millbrook Farmers Market, May through October.

Shaggy Coos Farm

Easton, CT

Shaggy Coos Farm & Creamery in Easton is New England's southernmost dairy, raising livestock humanely on a diet of grass, hay, and antibiotic- and hormone-free grain. The honor-system farm store on Center Road is open every day from 7 AM to 7 PM with fresh milk, beef and pork cuts, and hand-collected eggs.

The Modern Milkman

Ellington, CT

The Modern Milkman delivers fresh milk, eggs, dairy, bakery items, and homegrown favorites to doorsteps once a week, sourcing from local independent farmers and producers with sustainable, plastic-free packaging. Orders are editable until the day before delivery, pausable anytime, and delivered from 5 AM — a modern revival of the milk round in the fight against waste.

Wells Hollow Farm and Creamery

Shelton, CT

Wells Hollow is a fifth-generation family farm in Shelton that opened its ice cream creamery in 2007, run by Daniel and Jamie Wells. The shop turns over more than 50 homemade flavors alongside smoothies, soft serve, Italian ice, and ice cream cakes, with dairy sourced from farms across Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, and Michigan. A 3,000-square-foot open-air patio hosts birthday parties and farm-animal visits alongside the ice cream counter.

West Green Farm Orchard and Dairy

Lebanon, CT

West Green Farm combines an orchard with a working dairy in Lebanon, a farming town in New London County's interior.

Wildowsky Dairy

Lisbon, CT

Wildowsky Dairy has processed milk in Lisbon since 1942, when Stanley and Doris Wildowsky started delivering door to door across eastern Connecticut. Three generations later, Stanley and grandson Randy still run the farm store off I-395, making ice cream from their own herd's milk and cream and churning what they call the only farmstead butter produced in the state. The stand also carries hormone- and antibiotic-free milk, beef, and pork.

New Pond Farm Dairy

Redding, CT